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LAY DAY IN THE BAY FOR THE BILLABONG PRO MAUI

[i]Saturday, 10 December, 2005
Honolua Bay, Hawaii, USA

BILLABONG PRO MAUI (8 December – 20 December)


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The next day Honolua Bay plays host to the best women surfers in the world, the Billabong Pro Maui and the 2005 Association of Professional Surfing (ASP) Women’s world champion will be crowned at day’s end. Today won’t be that day. [/i]Small surf with more promising conditions on the horizon have seen competition on this third day of the Billabong Pro waiting period called off. Yesterday, four to six foot (two meter) conditions saw rounds ones and two and some sensational surfing run. The remainder of the competition takes only one day to complete.

In addition to deciding this year’s world champion and next year’s women’s World Championship Tour (WCT) roster, the Billabong Pro is also the third and final jewel in the women’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series.… Read the rest

SIZEABLE SWELL ON THE HORIZON FOR ROXY PRO HAWAII

[i]Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA
ROXY PRO HAWAII (12 November – 23 November)


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Only pipeline had a few small waves!
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A significant swell slated to arrive tomorrow and build into Thursday has prompted event officials to put the Roxy Pro Hawaii on hold again today. The one to three foot (1 meter) conditions that were on offer at Ali’i Beach Park in Halewia this morning are predicted to increase in size to six to eight feet (2 to 2.5 meters) by tomorrow afternoon, and peak at almost double that on Thursday.[/i]Though the Roxy Pro Hawaii can be run in its entirety in just two days, the event is being held in tandem with the Op Pro Hawaii, a six-star prime men’s World Qualifying Series (WQS) event that requires roughly four days of surfing to complete.… Read the rest

BIG WAVES AND SMALL SURFERS BUT NO ACTION FOR THE ROXY PRO HAWAII

Thursday, 17 November, 2005

Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA


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The Roxy Pro Hawaii is again on hold, but with half of the 12 day waiting period still remaining and a promising swell forecast for the remainder of the window, event officials are confident that the world’s top women surfers will enjoy first-rate conditions when the event does get underway. The Roxy Pro Hawaii is the first event of three comprising the women’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.Underway at Ali’i Beach Park, Haleiwa today, however, is rounds two and three of the Op Pro Hawaii, the first event of the men’s Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Competitors are currently contesting eight to 12 foot surf similar to that which they braved yesterday.

Of immense interest to fans yesterday was the performance given by young Jon Jon Florence, a 13-year-old Hawaiian whose entry into the event made him the youngest man to surf in the prestigious Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series.… Read the rest

110 East – CathaySeas.com

110 East
www.CathaySeas.com

This is ‘110 East’, the periodical yet erratic newsletter of the sophisticated,
rugged and facetious surfers in China and South East Asia.

16 november 2005 (previous newsletters below).
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CONTENTS :
1- China (surf, and more)
3- Worldwide (field surveyors of bird flu wanted)
4- Hot Spot : P’ooejin-ni, North Korea (01 map)1- CHINA (surf, and more) :

* After the ‘720 surf open’ held on Hainan island 19 and 20 november, Hong Kong
surfers will have their own event on 11 december at Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung),
courtesy of Rip Curl company.
In the meantime, Cathay Seas has received more than ten individual e-mails
asking about Hainan island and the surf opportunities one can find over there,
including to run competitions. No doubt the island should become the first
surfing destination in China.
If you think it already means too many people, let us remind you that China has
18.000 kilometers of coastline and more than 5.000 islands.… Read the rest

PHUKET SURFERS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE LOST IN 26 DECEMBER TSUNAMI

[i]Phuket’s surfing community will honour the victims of last years Tsunami caused by a 9.0 earthquake near Sumatra which devastated southern Thailand on Dec. 26, 2004, with a “paddle out”.

As most of the club members live or at least spend a good deal of time on or near the beach, the ceremony will be especially poignant as they
themselves lost family, friends, and livelihoods to the Tsunami.

During the ceremony, participating surfers will paddle their boards
offshore and join hands to form a large floating circle. Following
tradition, they will sprinkle flowers into the sea and observe a minute’s
silence in memory of those that perished.

Phuket Boardriders Club, said the gesture is a tradition for surfers honouring one of their own, but this circle will go further than that to reflect the Thai and expatriate surfers’ bond to the island and more importantly to it’s people.[/i]Though… Read the rest